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phosphor
1[ fos-fer, -fawr ]
noun
- any of a number of substances that exhibit luminescence when struck by light of certain wavelengths, as by ultraviolet.
- Literary. a phosphorescent substance.
adjective
- Archaic. phosphorescent.
Phosphor
2[ fos-fer, -fawr ]
noun
- the morning star, especially Venus.
phosphor-
3- variant of phosphoro- before a vowel:
phosphorate.
phosphor
/ ˈfɒsfə /
noun
- a substance, such as the coating on a cathode-ray tube, capable of emitting light when irradiated with particles or electromagnetic radiation
phosphor
/ fŏs′fər /
- Any of various substances that can emit light after absorbing some form of radiation. Television screens and fluorescent lamp tubes are coated on the inside with phosphors.
- See Note at cathode-ray tube
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of phosphor1
C17: from French, ultimately from Greek phōsphoros phosphorus
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Example Sentences
How, at so late an hour, this had been effected, I knew no more than where my horse Phosphor came from.
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Phosphoresc′ent, shining in the dark like phosphorus; Phosphor′ic, Phos′phorous, pertaining to or obtained from phosphorus.
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A wheezing chuckle answered him, and a phosphor bulb glowed weakly, shedding some light on a filthy hall.
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At the front of each building, a dim phosphor bulb glowed; when darkness fell, they would have nothing else to see by.
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Pelton wheel made of a solid steel disk with phosphor bronze buckets riveted to the rim.
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